Return Observatory or similar to Ironteeth

6 votes

Removing the observatory from the Iron-Teeth tech tree has greatly reduced the variety of tech choices. Because the Number-Cruncher requires metal blocks, you are almost forced to go for the engine, because metal sources are rarely placed near power . This locks the Number-Cruncher into the late game because of the number of gears required to obtain the engine, smelter, and the Cruncher itself. The observatory in comparison is available very quickly, and it is much less expensive, which allows Folktails to make more choices. I like the faction differentiation, but Ironteeth need a way to obtain science mid-game that isn't locked behind so many gears. If instead of going for the Number-Cruncher path, you go for the Bakery tech path, you could have 200+ beavers by the time you reach the Cruncher, which removes the need for the Number-Cruncher in the first place, because you could have 100 inventors doing the same thing, and have the food to keep growing.

Under consideration Balance Suggestion Suggested by: Kyle (14 Jul, '22) • Upvoted: 07 Jul, '23 • Comments: 2

Comments: 2

14 Jul, '22
Gin Fuyou Admin
I completely support it, number cruncher is too later game then observatory, also it's model much less cool than observatory one.
14 Jul, '22
Kyle
Yeah for sure. I like the model, but I think it looks much better with many crunchers in one location, which you can't get until the late game anyway. Another thing is that the Observatory literally provides the same amount of science, while costing less, which I dislike.

I hope that they don't try to fix the Cruncher in the same way they fixed the engine, because now the engine is insanely strong, but limited to the late game. I think that really fit the engine, it should be a late game powerhouse, and it should be locked to the late game because of how strong it is, and how it changes the paradigm for power. On the other hand, I want the number-cruncher and the observatory (or something similar) because I would like the options for both powerful late game science and powerful mid-game science because of how many more choices getting early science provides.